4.19.2010

ERGON GRIPS? What is your opinion?

I have the Ergon GP1s on my Niner Rip Nine full suspension bikeyesterday I went out to Patapsco for a ride with MikeK and came home with some wrist stiffness and wrist pain like I have never experienced... it is the next day and a great deal of that stiffness and pain remainsthis pain does not seem to be crash relatedalthough I did have on minor crash the symmetry of this immense pain has me feeling it is the grips

YEA OR NEIGH ON ERGON GRIPS?what are people's feelings on the Ergon GripsI am going to review the manualthen check my adjustments

also going to stretch my wrists... any yoga recommendations for wrist stretches?

13 comments:

These grips are great for the casual cyclist. They are comfortable and they provide a larger contact area which will reduce fatigue. I have never used them off road however, as the varying terrain, and the different riding positions required to navigate that terrain, require a grip that you can hold strong no matter what angle your arms are to the bike.

I have had them for a year and at first had them adjusted with the back to low so I was actually feeling worse afterwards then the normal grips. I then adjusted them to having the back above the front and it seeemed to have worked. I am still not sure these are any better than normal grips and am contemplating getting the cane creek grips.

I'm all for them. I did a my first tour on an old Giant hard tail and they saved me. There is something odd about my wrist/bar alignment, maybe because I have broad shoulders I'm not sure. I will be putting them on my other mountain bike for my next ride, maybe with a wider bar too.

I did a few rides and one race with these and gave them to a friend. I could never get comfy on them, and when I thought I had them dialed, my hands fell asleep. I think they are a good idea on a flat bar road bike or something like that, but there are way too many variables on a MTB.

i use these ergon grips, a bit different style than what you are using and i couldn't be more pleased. best grips i've ever used by far.mikehttp://www.ergon-bike.com/us/en/product/ga1-leichtbau-team-edition

I know a bunch of people using Ergons on mountain bikes, and they all love them. I'm using the cheaper version made by Serfas, with a much smaller "paddle" on the grip, and find them quite comfortable. A big improvement over old-fashioned round grips.

Wrist pain can be caused by lots of different activities, not only biking. Computer mice can also do their fair share of damage, if your workspace is improperly fitted. Consider also trying to switch mouse hands every so often (I try to switch at least twice a year). I have friends in the graphic arts industry that switch every three months.

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